Uhuru Radio: The Battle of St. Petersburg.

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We bring you the keynote presentation by African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela to the annual Convention of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement held in Chicago, Illinois on December 6, 1996. In this historic speech, Chairman Omali recounts the rebellion that took place in response to the police murder of 18-year-old TyRon Lewis and the Uhuru Movement's ground-breaking work to raise the demand for economic development for the African community in contention with the failed police of police containment.